Blogs

Volunteering for the World Squash Championships

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid had a busy time last week, after putting his hand up to volunteer at the World Junior Squash championships being held in Tauranga until July 29. The biggest and most prestigious... Read More

Global Monthly Temperatures from NASA ... 1996-June 2017

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA. The graph... Read More

The future of Tauranga City is at stake.

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris Over the next 12 months, Tauranga City Council will be making some of the most significant decisions it ever has on behalf of you. These decisions will shape the kind of city... Read More

Avoiding the seventies: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz The big news this week is the announcement that the new 'Doctor Who' is a lady. Being active Time Travellers ourselves, we're excited about the prospect of a female doctor, although a little apprehensive... Read More

Spotlight on My Pennyworth

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl Probably best known as hosts of the annual Aongatete Music Festival, Paul Hoggard and Penny Rowsell are a talented musical couple with a lot in common. They were both born in New Zealand, have Celtic heritage,... Read More

Big or small, your goals count

Active Voicewith Belinda MullerSport BOP GRx Advisor In the last 12 months, more than 3000 Bay of Plenty people have linked to Sport Bay of Plenty's healthy lifestyle programme: Green Prescription. Green Prescription is a six-month starter programme... Read More

A dramatic afternoon of rugby

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A real measure of a sporting competition is that it goes down to the wire at the end of the season. The Baywide club rugby premier championship qualifying that concluded last Saturday,... Read More

Tauranga Average Afternoon Temperatures June 1914-2017

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including at the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures,... Read More

Spotlight on Josh Durning

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl Born in Tauranga, Josh Durning was inspired to pick up a guitar after hearing his grandfather, Keith Capamagian, play and sing songs by Hank Snow and Johnny Cash. Josh also loves to play old-time country music... Read More

Let’s talk about your cartilage (Part 2)

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I have been helping someone with osteoarthritis in a knee, thumbs, back and neck. We started with a double dose of my joint support formula which gave her more than 1500mg of high grade chondroitin and... Read More

Cats, dogs, cows and revolting old people

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Dogs are revolting. They're fed up with this nonsense about Cat Tax and demand an end to their persecution!Now that the Cat Tax has the entire country scratching each other's eyes out, it's a good time... Read More

Getting the waterworks flowing

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris Tauranga residents are pretty patient when it comes to the growing pains our city is experiencing. We can cope with roadworks and construction noise as the 'price of progress'... Read More